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- FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the case taken along the vertical line 4 - 4 in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 illustrates an enlarged view of an embodiment of a bottom area of the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 6 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case.
- certain described embodiments provide a case having a cover in which an electronic device having a rear speaker is positioned so as to provide a sound channel between the rear speaker and an inner surface of the cover that redirects sound from the rear speaker to an opening at a front of the device. In this way, the sound is redirected from the rear speaker towards a user positioned with respect to the front surface of the electronic device. Additional described embodiments may address channeling the sound for speakers other than a rear speaker.
- FIG. 5 provides an enlarged view of an embodiment of the lower portion of the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 4 , including the front cover 2 , the sleeve 4 , an inner surface 4 a and outer surface 4 b of the sleeve 4 , the back cover 6 , an inner surface 6 a and outer surface 6 b of the back cover 6 , the electronic device 8 (shown in dashed lines), and a front surface 8 a and a back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- the opening 28 to the sound channel 22 is shown as larger than the front cover opening 14 a .
- the openings 14 a and 28 may have different relative sizes than shown.
- Sound waves 18 may travel between the speaker location 20 and the opening 28 through the sound channel 22 providing a sound space.
- FIG. 5 shows the speaker location 20 projecting sound from the electronic device 8 out through the openings 14 a , 28 to a user that would be positioned with respect to the front surface 8 a of the electronic device 8 .
- the speaker location 20 may include a microphone, so that sound may be directed from a source external to the electronic device 8 through the front cover opening 14 a and opening 28 , through the sound channel 22 , deflecting off the deflection area 32 , and toward the speaker location 20 /microphone to be received.
- a sleeve portion 36 may extend above the opening 28 formed in part by the sidewall 16 .
- a front cover ledge 38 of the front cover 2 may be positioned to couple to a inner surface 40 a of a back cover ledge 40 of the back cover 6 to removably attach the front cover 2 to the back cover 6 .
- An upper front cover portion 42 of the cover 2 may fit above the sleeve portion 36 extending above the sound channel 22 and opening 28 .
- FIG. 6 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case 1 with the electronic device 8 (shown by the dashed lines) positioned in the sleeve 4 , which is positioned in the back cover 6 .
- the view of FIG. 6 does not show the front cover 2 .
- the view of FIG. 6 shows the inner surface 4 a of the sleeve 4 that couples to the back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- FIG. 6 shows the speaker 42 on the back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- the electronic device is shown transparent to allow the view of the speaker 4 on the back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- the expanded view of the area around the speaker 42 shows the outer surface 4 b (dashed lines) and the inner surface 4 a of the sleeve 4 through which an opening 50 in the sleeve is formed to surround or frame the speaker 42 .
- Sidewalls 16 a , 16 b , 16 c are formed in a thickness or depth of the sleeve 4 where the opening 50 in the sleeve 4 is formed.
- the sidewalls 16 a , 16 b , 16 c of the sleeve 4 are positioned between the inner surface 6 a of the back cover 6 and the back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- the sound channel 22 may be defined as an enclosed space by the speaker surface 42 , the sleeve sidewalls 16 a , 16 b , 16 c , the inner surface 6 a of the back cover 6 , and a ledge portion 40 of the back cover 6 extending toward the front surface 8 a of the electronic device 8 .
- the opening 28 is formed by the ledge portion 40 of the back cover 6 , a side 30 or edge of the electronic device 8 extending across the opening 28 , the edge portions 54 a , 54 b of the sidewalls 16 a and 16 c adjacent to the front surface 8 a of electronic device 8 , and the sleeve portion 36 that extends across an upper part of the opening 28 .
- Arrows 56 a and 56 b show some of the sound waves projected from the speaker surface 42 , redirected through the sound channel 22 through the opening 28 toward a user facing the front surface 34 of the electronic device 8 .
- FIG. 7 illustrates a rear view of a left corner area of the back surface 6 b of the back cover 6 when the sleeve 4 and electronic device 8 are positioned in the back cover 6 .
- An outer surface 4 b of the sleeve 4 is shown in dashed lines, which would be positioned removably coupled to the inner surface 6 a of the back cover 6 .
- Sleeve sidewall 16 a is shown having a length 62 or distance between the inner surface 4 a and outer surface 4 b of the sleeve 4 ( FIG. 5 ), which provides a distance 62 or length between the inner surface 6 a of the back cover 6 and the speaker 42 .
- the sleeve opening 50 is formed in the sleeve 4 and is defined by the sidewalls 16 a , 16 b , 16 c .
- the sound channel 22 or enclosed sound space is formed in the sleeve opening 50 , and is defined by the speaker 42 , the sidewalls 16 a , 16 b , 16 c , the inner surface 6 b of the back cover 6 , and the inner surface 40 a (also shown in FIG. 5 ) of back cover ledge 40 .
- FIG. 7 further shows left rear corners 66 and 68 of outer surface 4 b of the sleeve 4 extending through an opening 70 in the back cover 6 .
- each speaker may have a separate sound channel structure, each sound channel having a separate opening 50 in the sleeve 6 .
- the above described embodiments show a speaker location 20 on a lower left section of the back surface 6 b .
- the speaker 20 and corresponding sound channel may be positioned at different locations on the back surfaces 8 a and 6 b , such as in different corners, along the sides of the back surfaces 8 a and 6 b or between a center and a side of the back surfaces 8 a and 6 b.
- the sound channel may be positioned on the side of the case adjacent the side speaker to direct the sound outward from the front surface 8 a or the back surface 8 b of the electronic device 8 .
- the speaker may be located on a front surface 8 a of the device 8 , and the sound channel located adjacent to the speaker on the front surface 8 a may redirect the sound outward from the front 8 a or back 8 b surfaces of the device 8 .
- a speaker may extend across at least two of a front surface 8 a , a back surface 8 b , and a side between the front 8 a and the back 8 b surfaces of the device, and the sound channel would be located adjacent to the speaker extending across multiple of the front 8 a , back 8 b , and side surfaces. Additional orientations of the location of the speaker and positioning of the sound channel may also be realized to redirect sound in different directions outward from the device 8 .
- Certain described embodiments provide a case cover for use with an electronic device, such as a computer tablet or smartphone, that has a rear speaker on the back of the electronic device.
- the case cover forms a sound channel or enclosed sound space between the inner surface of the cover and the rear speaker to redirect sound projected from the rear speaker outward from a front surface of the electronic device toward a user positioned with respect to the front surface of the electronic device, such as in front of the front surface.
- top”, bottom”, “upper”, “lower”, “rear”, “front”, “back”, “outer”, “inner”, “bottom”, “left”, “right” and the like may be used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as limiting. Embodiments may be manufactured, used, and contained in a variety of positions and orientations.
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- The present invention relates to a sound channel formed in a case to redirect sound with respect to a speaker of an electronic device positioned in the case
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Smartphone and computer tablet cases provide a protective cover to absorb shock when the device is dropped or subject to damaging forces. A case design may include an opening in the cover that exposes a speaker on the device to allow sound to project through the opening in the case.
- Embodiments are described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are not drawn to scale, wherein:
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FIG. 1 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case components and an electronic device positioned in the case components. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case including a front cover. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case with a cross-section along the vertical line 4-4. -
FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the case taken along the vertical line 4-4 inFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 5 illustrates an enlarged view of an embodiment of a bottom area of the cross-sectional view ofFIG. 4 . -
FIG. 6 illustrates a view of an embodiment of the case. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a view of an embodiment of a back surface of the case. - Certain electronic devices, such as tablet computes and smartphones, include a speaker on a rear surface opposite the side having the display screen. For instance, the iPad® 2 from Apple, Inc. positions the speaker on a lower area of the rear surface. (iPad is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. in the United States and other countries). Smartphone and tablet cases often have a hard back cover to protect the device from shock. Placement of a speaker on a back surface of the tablet or smartphone poses a challenge for case manufacturers because the back cover of the case may interfere with the sound projection from the rear surface of the device.
- To address these challenges, certain described embodiments provide a case having a cover in which an electronic device having a rear speaker is positioned so as to provide a sound channel between the rear speaker and an inner surface of the cover that redirects sound from the rear speaker to an opening at a front of the device. In this way, the sound is redirected from the rear speaker towards a user positioned with respect to the front surface of the electronic device. Additional described embodiments may address channeling the sound for speakers other than a rear speaker.
- Reference below will be made to the drawings wherein like structures may be provided with like reference designations. In order to show the structures of various embodiments most clearly, the drawings included herein include diagrammatic representations of components of a case and an electronic device with a speaker. Thus, the actual appearance of the case and electronic device structures may appear different while still incorporating the claimed structures of the illustrated embodiments. Moreover, the drawings may show only the structures necessary to understand the illustrated embodiments. Additional structures known in the art have not been included to maintain the clarity of the drawings.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a view of an embodiment of thecase 1 components, including afront cover 2, asleeve 4, and aback cover 6. Anelectronic device 8, such as a computer tablet having adisplay screen 10, is inserted into thesleeve 4. Thesleeve 4 may be formed of a silicon material, such as a flexible material suitable for absorbing shock. Theback cover 6 andfront cover 2 may be formed, in whole or in part, of a hardened polycarbonate material to form a hardened shell. In alternative embodiments, other materials may be used to form thefront cover 2, thesleeve 4 and theback cover 6. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a view of acase 1, including thefront cover 2, which includes a protectivetransparent shield 12 to protect thedisplay screen 10. Thefront cover 2 may also havesound openings 14 through which sound may pass from a speaker on a back surface of theelectronic device 8. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a view of an embodiment of thecase 1, including thefront cover 2, showing a vertical cross section line 4-4 passing through one of theopenings 14 a in thefront cover 2. -
FIG. 4 shows the cross section taken along the vertical line 4-4 ofFIG. 3 when theelectronic device 8 positioned in thecase 1, formed by thesleeve 4, including theelectronic device 8, positioned within thefront cover 2 and theback cover 6. -
FIG. 5 provides an enlarged view of an embodiment of the lower portion of the cross-sectional view shown inFIG. 4 , including thefront cover 2, thesleeve 4, aninner surface 4 a andouter surface 4 b of thesleeve 4, theback cover 6, an inner surface 6 a andouter surface 6 b of theback cover 6, the electronic device 8 (shown in dashed lines), and afront surface 8 a and aback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. - The cross section of
FIG. 5 further shows asidewall 16 of an opening in thesleeve 4 that defines in part asound channel 22 in sound communication with theopening 14 a in thefront cover 2.Sound 18, shown as the dashed arrow, is directed from a speaker location 20 on theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8, and is shown as passing through thesound channel 22, which may form an enclosed sound space, defined by thesidewall 16 of thesleeve 4, abottom area 24 of theouter surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8, and anarea 26 of the inner surface 6 a of theback cover 6 that faces the speaker location 20. An opening 28 to thesound channel 22 also opens into the front cover opening 14 a. In the embodiment ofFIG. 5 , the opening 28 to thesound channel 22 is shown as larger than the front cover opening 14 a. In alternative embodiments, theopenings Sound waves 18 may travel between the speaker location 20 and the opening 28 through thesound channel 22 providing a sound space. - In an embodiment where the speaker at the speaker location 20 projects sound outward from a
back surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8, at least some of thesound 18 waves may deflect off theinner surface 26 of theback cover 6 at adeflection area 32 and then be redirected toward the opening 28 and front cover opening 14 a, so that the sound is projected outward from theopening 14 a adjacent to thefront surface 8 a of theelectronic device 8. -
FIG. 5 shows the speaker location 20 projecting sound from theelectronic device 8 out through theopenings front surface 8 a of theelectronic device 8. In an alternative embodiment, the speaker location 20 may include a microphone, so that sound may be directed from a source external to theelectronic device 8 through the front cover opening 14 a and opening 28, through thesound channel 22, deflecting off thedeflection area 32, and toward the speaker location 20/microphone to be received. - In
FIG. 5 , asleeve portion 36 may extend above the opening 28 formed in part by thesidewall 16. A front cover ledge 38 of thefront cover 2 may be positioned to couple to ainner surface 40 a of a back cover ledge 40 of theback cover 6 to removably attach thefront cover 2 to theback cover 6. An upperfront cover portion 42 of thecover 2 may fit above thesleeve portion 36 extending above thesound channel 22 and opening 28. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a view of an embodiment of thecase 1 with the electronic device 8 (shown by the dashed lines) positioned in thesleeve 4, which is positioned in theback cover 6. The view ofFIG. 6 does not show thefront cover 2. The view ofFIG. 6 shows theinner surface 4 a of thesleeve 4 that couples to theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. -
FIG. 6 shows thespeaker 42 on theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. InFIG. 6 the electronic device is shown transparent to allow the view of thespeaker 4 on theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. The expanded view of the area around thespeaker 42 shows theouter surface 4 b (dashed lines) and theinner surface 4 a of thesleeve 4 through which anopening 50 in the sleeve is formed to surround or frame thespeaker 42.Sidewalls sleeve 4 where the opening 50 in thesleeve 4 is formed. Thesidewalls sleeve 4 are positioned between the inner surface 6 a of theback cover 6 and theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. - The
sound channel 22 may be defined as an enclosed space by thespeaker surface 42, thesleeve sidewalls back cover 6, and aledge portion 40 of theback cover 6 extending toward thefront surface 8 a of theelectronic device 8. Theopening 28 is formed by theledge portion 40 of theback cover 6, aside 30 or edge of theelectronic device 8 extending across theopening 28, theedge portions sidewalls front surface 8 a ofelectronic device 8, and thesleeve portion 36 that extends across an upper part of the opening 28.Arrows speaker surface 42, redirected through thesound channel 22 through the opening 28 toward a user facing the front surface 34 of theelectronic device 8. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a rear view of a left corner area of theback surface 6 b of theback cover 6 when thesleeve 4 andelectronic device 8 are positioned in theback cover 6. Anouter surface 4 b of thesleeve 4 is shown in dashed lines, which would be positioned removably coupled to the inner surface 6 a of theback cover 6.Sleeve sidewall 16 a is shown having alength 62 or distance between theinner surface 4 a andouter surface 4 b of the sleeve 4 (FIG. 5 ), which provides adistance 62 or length between the inner surface 6 a of theback cover 6 and thespeaker 42. Thesleeve opening 50 is formed in thesleeve 4 and is defined by thesidewalls sound channel 22 or enclosed sound space is formed in thesleeve opening 50, and is defined by thespeaker 42, thesidewalls inner surface 6 b of theback cover 6, and theinner surface 40 a (also shown inFIG. 5 ) ofback cover ledge 40. -
FIG. 7 further shows leftrear corners outer surface 4 b of thesleeve 4 extending through anopening 70 in theback cover 6. - The above described embodiments show one speaker location and sound channel. In additional embodiments, there may be one or more additional speakers at different locations on the
back surface 8 b such as in different corners, on different sides, etc. A separate sound channel structure as shown above may be provided for the additional speakers at different locations on theback surface 6 b of theelectronic device 8. In one configuration, each speaker may have a separate sound channel structure, each sound channel having aseparate opening 50 in thesleeve 6. In a further configuration, there may be multiple speakers adjacent to one another and a single sound channel may be formed to include the multiple speakers. If a single sound channel includes multiple speakers, then theopening 50 in the sleeve may surround the multiple speakers to provide the sound space through which sound from the multiple speakers is redirected. - The above described embodiments show a speaker location 20 on a lower left section of the
back surface 6 b. In alternative embodiments, the speaker 20 and corresponding sound channel may be positioned at different locations on theback surfaces back surfaces back surfaces - If a speaker is located on a side of the
device 8, between the front 8 a and back 8 b surfaces, then the sound channel may be positioned on the side of the case adjacent the side speaker to direct the sound outward from thefront surface 8 a or theback surface 8 b of theelectronic device 8. In a still further embodiment, the speaker may be located on afront surface 8 a of thedevice 8, and the sound channel located adjacent to the speaker on thefront surface 8 a may redirect the sound outward from the front 8 a or back 8 b surfaces of thedevice 8. In a yet further embodiment, a speaker may extend across at least two of afront surface 8 a, aback surface 8 b, and a side between the front 8 a and theback 8 b surfaces of the device, and the sound channel would be located adjacent to the speaker extending across multiple of the front 8 a, back 8 b, and side surfaces. Additional orientations of the location of the speaker and positioning of the sound channel may also be realized to redirect sound in different directions outward from thedevice 8. - Certain described embodiments provide a case cover for use with an electronic device, such as a computer tablet or smartphone, that has a rear speaker on the back of the electronic device. The case cover forms a sound channel or enclosed sound space between the inner surface of the cover and the rear speaker to redirect sound projected from the rear speaker outward from a front surface of the electronic device toward a user positioned with respect to the front surface of the electronic device, such as in front of the front surface.
- Terms such as “top”, bottom”, “upper”, “lower”, “rear”, “front”, “back”, “outer”, “inner”, “bottom”, “left”, “right” and the like may be used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as limiting. Embodiments may be manufactured, used, and contained in a variety of positions and orientations.
- In the foregoing Detailed Description, various features are grouped together for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments of the invention require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate preferred embodiment.
- While certain exemplary embodiments have been described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that such embodiments are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and that embodiments are not restricted to the specific constructions and arrangements shown and described since modifications may occur to those having ordinary skill in the art.
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